Method for maintaining an electrical component

Abstract

A method for maintaining a first electrical component includes the following: Temperature measurement values recorded at the first electrical component are stored as a first set of measurement data, and temperature measurement values recorded at least at one second and one third electrical component are stored as second and third sets of measurement data. Taking into account the three sets of measurement data, a verification is carried out to determine whether a maintenance operation is necessary at the first component. There is also described a data-processing system for carrying out the method.

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         11 . A method for maintaining a first electrical component, the method comprising:
 storing temperature measurement values recorded at the first electrical component as first measurement data;   storing temperature measurement values recorded at a second electrical component and at a third electrical component as second and third measurement data, respectively;   checking whether a maintenance operation and/or a control measure is necessary at the first component taking into account the first, second, and third measurement data.   
     
     
         12 . The method according to  claim 11 , wherein the checking step comprises comparing the measurement data with one another and taking into account differences between the measurement data. 
     
     
         13 . The method according to  claim 12 , which comprises forming a measurement data mean value and forming a first measurement data difference between the first measurement data and the measurement data mean value, and, in the checking step, comparing the first measurement data difference with a difference threshold value. 
     
     
         14 . The method according to  claim 11 , wherein the checking step comprises forming a temperature change from the first measurement data. 
     
     
         15 . The method according to  claim 14 , wherein the checking step comprises comparing a temperature increase with a reference temperature increase. 
     
     
         16 . The method according to  claim 11 , wherein the checking step comprises comparing the first measurement data with environmental temperature measurement data recorded at the first component. 
     
     
         17 . The method according to  claim 11 , wherein the checking step comprises taking into account operating data of the electrical component. 
     
     
         18 . The method according to  claim 11 , wherein the checking step comprises taking into account a calibration of the temperature measurement. 
     
     
         19 . The method according to  claim 11 , wherein the checking step comprises checking whether the measurement data or a variable derived therefrom meet a plurality of predetermined conditions, wherein a separate maintenance instruction is assigned to each condition, and the maintenance instruction is triggered if the allocated condition is present. 
     
     
         20 . A data processing system configured to carry out the method according to  claim 11 .